Azure Cloud Shell: Getting Started Guide
Jeff Brown Did you know Azure provides a browser-accessible shell for managing Azure resources? You can use both PowerShell and Bash commands directly in your browser using the Azure Cloud Shell! In…
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How to Install and Import Active Directory PowerShell Module
Are you tired of managing Active Directory using the graphical interface? Then you might be interested in the Active Directory PowerShell module! This module gives you the ability to manage…
PowerShell Hash Table vs. PSCustomObject: Deep Dive & Comparison
While PowerShell concepts hash table and PSCustomObject may look similar, they are pretty different. Both have value, but which one you use depends on the situation. In this post, you…
Running PowerShell Scripts Remotely on Azure Virtual Machines
With organizations moving more workloads into Azure, administrators now have more options for running PowerShell commands and scripts across virtual machines. In this post, you will learn multiple ways to…
Test ARM PowerShell Deployments with WhatIf
If you are familiar with Terraform, you know it has a plan option to see what changes Terraform will make. Did you know Azure PowerShell has the same option? You…
PowerShell Splatting: Introduction & Demo
PowerShell commands can have lots of parameters. It can be difficult typing all of them out with their values or using backticks to perform line continuation. Sounds like a case…
Getting Started with PSArm PowerShell Module
Have you been working with Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates but found the JSON syntax difficult to work with? Do you have some awesome PowerShell skills that you’d like to…
Manage Office 365 License Using PowerShell
Microsoft Office 365 licenses include many products and services – Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, etc. However, when organizations first adopt Office 365, many administrators deactivate some of these individual services. In…
Going Deep Converting PowerShell Objects to JSON
When working with APIs, you often need to convert between PowerShell objects and JSON. Web APIs accept requests in JSON notation, and your PowerShell script might have data represented as…
PowerShell Variable Scope Guide: Using Scope in Scripts and Modules
PowerShell uses variables to store information that can be useful later on. Variables also make it easy to change values in multiple places by changing the variable’s definition. You can…